A total of 4,744 cases of suspected adverse reactions to vaccines against COVID-19 had been reported in Slovakia up to Thursday (May 20), the State Institute for Drug Supervision (SUKL) has noted on its website, adding that 300 of these cases were serious.
The most often reported serious adverse effects were persisting increased blood pressure, especially among patients treated for hypertension, pre-collapse, collapse, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, allergic reactions, temporary paralysis or short-term loss of consciousness. An epileptic fit may also occur among patients being treated for epilepsy, added SUKL. The institute ranked temperatures of over 40 degrees Celsius among the serious side effects as well.
"The appearance and intensity of adverse reactions depend on the state of health of the given individual in general, on age (with post-vaccination adverse reactions in general being less frequent and less intense among elderly people), on other medicines that the person is taking, immune response and, in some cases, even the mental health of the person," stated SUKL.
